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>> yes massachusetts is really in the lead. and following through on that making a sustainable terrific health care system that we can afford is terrific. but i have hell with pediatricians, and safety and running cms, my goodness every day i was dealing with other agencies. with tax policy with the irs, business and labor, so it really -- health care is a front door to a really brood array of very important social issues all of which interest me. >> jennifer: obviously you have a great reputation in the health care community. people have enormous respect for you, but your health care experience is only sort of one aspect of being a governor of a state. give me one other thing that you are passionate about that you would want people to know about you as you consider this run for governor of massachusetts. >> i'm passionate about a lot of things. i'll pick education and children. i think creating a proper future for our children which means a proper presence for families and i want to help build the future and improvement, doing
>> yes massachusetts is really in the lead. and following through on that making a sustainable terrific health care system that we can afford is terrific. but i have hell with pediatricians, and safety and running cms, my goodness every day i was dealing with other agencies. with tax policy with the irs, business and labor, so it really -- health care is a front door to a really brood array of very important social issues all of which interest me. >> jennifer: obviously you have a...
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justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at mit contributed to his death the u.s. attorney's office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges carrying potentially over thirty years in prison to punish an alleged crime that had no victims meanwhile unlike j. store mit refused to stand up for aaron and its own communities most cherished principles today we grieve for the extraordinary and irreplaceable man that we have lost services for aaron swartz will be held tuesday outside of chicago he was just twenty six years old and for more on the life and legacy of aaron swartz i'm joined now by archie correspondent reena port naya and new york and i know where any of you actually interviewed aaron most recently give us your personal thoughts and impressions at hand. i did i interviewed aaron back in october i was working on a story with respect to cybersecurity and cyberwar my impression of him is that he's very well read he is very principled and he knows everything there is to know about cyber sec
justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at mit contributed to his death the u.s. attorney's office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges carrying potentially over thirty years in prison to punish an alleged crime that had no victims meanwhile unlike j. store mit refused to stand up for aaron and its own communities most cherished principles today we grieve for the extraordinary and...
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ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is known in washington for essentially being the sheriff of the oil industry. he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the bi
ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is...
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ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is known in washington for essentially being the sheriff of the oil industry. he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the bi
ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is...
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ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is known in washington for essentially being the sheriff of the oil industry. he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the bi
ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is...
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brought about has come to light i want to talk to you about another aspect of this case and that is massachusetts institute of technology mit announced it has launched an internal probe into the events leading up to aaron swartz his death just go into a little bit of detail about sort of the mit aspect of this story well aaron wasn't a student at mit but it was it was mit that was the prime reason that led to the federal trial against him we should mention on sunday the president of massachusetts institute of technology did write a letter expressing his condolences and referred to aaron swartz as a gifted brilliant creative young man and mired by many now on the way the institution played a main role in his lawsuit is because according to prosecutors and according to the document again swartz in two thousand and eleven he was arrested and charged with sneaking into mit's network closet and using the school's connection to download millions of academic and research files from g. store without paying for them and that's how mit is involved store according to reports didn't want to press any charges
brought about has come to light i want to talk to you about another aspect of this case and that is massachusetts institute of technology mit announced it has launched an internal probe into the events leading up to aaron swartz his death just go into a little bit of detail about sort of the mit aspect of this story well aaron wasn't a student at mit but it was it was mit that was the prime reason that led to the federal trial against him we should mention on sunday the president of...
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you know sure there's going to be parts of it they're there for a reason but when when you have the massachusetts attorney general trying to prosecute someone like erin who was only trying to share information and to share knowledge it's incredibly unfortunate and that was something that was really driven home today at the funeral and everyone who came up to offer eulogies said something something has to change the united states government can no longer be making martyrs out of happy because right now you know a friend of mine just recently said that at this point in time it seems like as far as the hacking community goes martyrs are the chief export of the united states government because there is no there is no celebrating them in the eye of washington there is still this this misconception character assassination that people who go on computers and do things that are understandable to others are doing it for harm and for no good and you like we saw here today hundreds of hundreds of people gathered to celebrate erin is someone who always put every single person else above above himself he was
you know sure there's going to be parts of it they're there for a reason but when when you have the massachusetts attorney general trying to prosecute someone like erin who was only trying to share information and to share knowledge it's incredibly unfortunate and that was something that was really driven home today at the funeral and everyone who came up to offer eulogies said something something has to change the united states government can no longer be making martyrs out of happy because...
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and i guess the history would be the first woman senator from massachusetts. but the women mentioned -- one is a former chief justice, massachusetts -- with absolutely no legislative experience. it would be a very peculiar sacrifice of experience if you chose anyone other than barney frank, because there is no one in the mix who has actual experience in legislating in washington. >> yeah, i mean, i think judge marshal's name has been floated. and there are judges who have gone on to be big effective senators, george mitchell, of course, being a classic example. but it is not common. barney frank, and you, have outlined a very substantive case. and for most who have watched politics from a distance, it makes sense if you have a job are limited time you want somebody with experience, the way you want somebody who played in the minors, before you have them play in the majors, particularly if it is only for a few games. >> like you and me, of course, he used to be a senate staffer before he ever went off into his judicial career. >> people always tell me that lawr
and i guess the history would be the first woman senator from massachusetts. but the women mentioned -- one is a former chief justice, massachusetts -- with absolutely no legislative experience. it would be a very peculiar sacrifice of experience if you chose anyone other than barney frank, because there is no one in the mix who has actual experience in legislating in washington. >> yeah, i mean, i think judge marshal's name has been floated. and there are judges who have gone on to be...
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the virus killed 18 people in massachusetts. >> all 50 states are affected and at least 41 states have a widespread outbreak. >> cough a lot, sneeze a little. i've been in bed all day. >>> the president and i are determined to take action. >> joe biden plans to meet with the national rifle association. >> he wants to advance his agenda through executive order. >> the president can do almost anything he wants to. the question is will he get away with it. >> the prts's cabinet continues to take shape. >> later, hilda solis announced she is resigning. >> today a team of federal investigators are focusing on why a commuter ferry slammed into a manhattan pier. >>> 74 people were injured in the accident, one critically sneerch's scared. everyone just flew and people were on the ground. >>> tel aviv, explosions claim this car bombing near the defense ministry. >>> a dozen killer whales in canada are trapped under a large stretch of sea ice. the hole is slightly larger than a pickup truck. >>> all of whom are faced with stard use all shut out by the hall of fame. >>> enough of this. >>> and th
the virus killed 18 people in massachusetts. >> all 50 states are affected and at least 41 states have a widespread outbreak. >> cough a lot, sneeze a little. i've been in bed all day. >>> the president and i are determined to take action. >> joe biden plans to meet with the national rifle association. >> he wants to advance his agenda through executive order. >> the president can do almost anything he wants to. the question is will he get away with it....
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he is coming to us from west newton, massachusetts, john welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you jennifer >> jennifer: how effective can state and local laws be when federal laws are still so weak. >> massachusetts has proven you can be pretty darn effective. we have the most comprehensive gun flaws the nation. we're an urban industrial state. we have the lowest firearm fatality rate in the nation. and we border states that don't require background checks. but the bad news jen, like you said, it's virtually the equivalent of a 9/11 attack every month and a half to two months in america. a classroom every three days is emptied from gun violence, and we are hearing that it is hard for members of congress to require a background check for gun sales? you need a background check to be a little league coach. but you don't need a background check to buy thousands of assault weapons from dealers every day if you want. and as a hunter -- duck hunters agree, and you get a license to duck hunt and you have to put plugs in your gun so only three rounds are in your gun to protect ducks. b
he is coming to us from west newton, massachusetts, john welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you jennifer >> jennifer: how effective can state and local laws be when federal laws are still so weak. >> massachusetts has proven you can be pretty darn effective. we have the most comprehensive gun flaws the nation. we're an urban industrial state. we have the lowest firearm fatality rate in the nation. and we border states that don't require background checks....
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of the family members of one of the heroes who lost their lives, glen doherty of massachusetts. they told people they should not lose sight of who was ultimately responsible for the deaths. an amazing statement putting things in perspective. the other thing they mentioned was do not lose sight of the causes the men gave their lives for. as a person who has advanced the causes u thank you for your incredible service. part of the a.r.b. report that concerned me dealt with a "culture of austerity" in the state department. madam secretary can you take a few moments and expand on their finding on that subject? >> congressman, that is what the a.r.b. found, that there was a culture of husbanding resources and being quite concerned about responding even on security as important as security is, because one never knows what the budget is going going forward? we have had some ups and downs budgetary-wise going back into prior administrations but it is fair to say that many of the professionals in the state department have gotten used to worrying greatly that they will give something to so
of the family members of one of the heroes who lost their lives, glen doherty of massachusetts. they told people they should not lose sight of who was ultimately responsible for the deaths. an amazing statement putting things in perspective. the other thing they mentioned was do not lose sight of the causes the men gave their lives for. as a person who has advanced the causes u thank you for your incredible service. part of the a.r.b. report that concerned me dealt with a "culture of...
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glen do hurty in massachusetts and i'm paraphrasing, but they told people they shouldn't lose sight over who was responsible for these deaths. amazing statement putting things into perspective. the other thing was do not lose sight of the causes these men gave their lives for. as a person who was advanced to n those causes, i want to thank you for incredible service. one of the parts of the arb report is great concern to me. it dealt with what they described as a culture of austerity in the state department. madam secretary, can you expand on the arb's finding on that subject and how it affects the state department's ability to carry out crucial tasks, not just security, but all crucial stasks. >> that is what they found. there was a culture of husbanding resources of being quite concerned about responding even on security. with the security because one never knows what the budget is going to be going forward. we had up asks downs and as i said in prior administrations, it is fair to say that many of the professionals in the state department have really gotten used to worrying greatly th
glen do hurty in massachusetts and i'm paraphrasing, but they told people they shouldn't lose sight over who was responsible for these deaths. amazing statement putting things into perspective. the other thing was do not lose sight of the causes these men gave their lives for. as a person who was advanced to n those causes, i want to thank you for incredible service. one of the parts of the arb report is great concern to me. it dealt with what they described as a culture of austerity in the...
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he's campaigning to be the appointed senator of massachusetts and duval patrick as governor of the massachusetts will not send someone to washington to vote against the white house in the major vote. i also -- i wouldn't, s.e. your comment there struck me as if the left is decided to roll over for chuck hagel specifically on the gay rights issue. tammy baldwin said she'll ask tough questions and assurances from him that his attitudes really changed and in a way to reflect -- >> it's an outlier and good to see. >> you're saying some special break is made here. this is the nominee of the administration that ended don't ask don't tell. >> yeah. >> there's built-in trust there on the left and among gay and lesbian supporters because there's an assumption -- >> no doubt. >> there's an assumption to put somebody in place to end that. if mitt romney was elected, did we ever accomplish what he wanted to do as a candidate? reimplement don't ask don't tell? he never really addressed that. >> right. >> if a republican president were nominating somebody with a history of chuck hagel, there's more cause for
he's campaigning to be the appointed senator of massachusetts and duval patrick as governor of the massachusetts will not send someone to washington to vote against the white house in the major vote. i also -- i wouldn't, s.e. your comment there struck me as if the left is decided to roll over for chuck hagel specifically on the gay rights issue. tammy baldwin said she'll ask tough questions and assurances from him that his attitudes really changed and in a way to reflect -- >> it's an...
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swartz was arrested and indicted two years ago on allegations of breaching a computer network at the massachusetts institute of technology to download millions of pages of academic articles and other documents swartz pled not guilty to the charges which carried a sentence of up to thirty five years in prison and a one million dollar fine in the aftermath of the suicide swartz's family released a statement blaming the prosecution the federal prosecution for driving the twenty six year old to take his own life they said in part quote aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy it is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach many of sports his colleagues have been quoted remembering him as a genius kid brilliant and funny now at thirteen years old he designed his first web site at the age of fourteen he helped write the are a says program that alerts users to new blog posts warts also founded demand progress in internet group that campaigns against web censorship in this ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robinhoo
swartz was arrested and indicted two years ago on allegations of breaching a computer network at the massachusetts institute of technology to download millions of pages of academic articles and other documents swartz pled not guilty to the charges which carried a sentence of up to thirty five years in prison and a one million dollar fine in the aftermath of the suicide swartz's family released a statement blaming the prosecution the federal prosecution for driving the twenty six year old to...
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attack itself but buried in the quote in a question to secretary clinton by congressman bill keating of massachusetts was an important issue that has prompted a swift pentagon response a massive ramp up of u.s. cyber security and cyber command listen to secretary clinton's remarks on the topic . well you mention a word that is rarely mentioned in these hearings but i predict will be a major threat to us and that's cyber because it's not only going to be nation states where we already are seeing cyber intrusions both against our government and against our private sector but increasingly nonstate actors will have more capacity to disrupt to hack into to put out false information to accuse the united states of things that can you know light fires before we can put them out so let's take a look at some of the changes that the cyber command is now facing the current command is composed of nine hundred personnel and that number will be expanded to forty nine hundred troops over the next several years there will be three new units the first is the national mission forces that is tasked with protecting compu
attack itself but buried in the quote in a question to secretary clinton by congressman bill keating of massachusetts was an important issue that has prompted a swift pentagon response a massive ramp up of u.s. cyber security and cyber command listen to secretary clinton's remarks on the topic . well you mention a word that is rarely mentioned in these hearings but i predict will be a major threat to us and that's cyber because it's not only going to be nation states where we already are seeing...
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. >> the next big election massachusetts senate. john kerry is day as way from confirmation. and they have to have an interim senator appointed the official position of this show is go with experience and go with barney frank >> it was big of you to take yourself out of the mix. >> i decided to go with more experience. >> you know, it has been fascinated. my sense of the situation is that he was looking to appoint somebody out of the box. and bar knee frank i think picked up on that. he has created a situation here if patrick does not give it to bar knee frank the question is going to be that he has tremendous liberal based support. i'm not sure how much experience the government has with dealing with that demand for somebody. >> i'm not sure how this is playing with pa track. it is the psychology of one guy and who can get in his head. >> steve, thank you for joining me tonight. coming up. the military will open up comeback positions. and in the rewrite tonight why the testimony john kerry gave today and every time he appears before the committee as secretary of state will n
. >> the next big election massachusetts senate. john kerry is day as way from confirmation. and they have to have an interim senator appointed the official position of this show is go with experience and go with barney frank >> it was big of you to take yourself out of the mix. >> i decided to go with more experience. >> you know, it has been fascinated. my sense of the situation is that he was looking to appoint somebody out of the box. and bar knee frank i think...
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in massachusetts alone there have been 18 flu-related deaths. health officials say this year's flu season which started early is straining the system. >>> at the white house joe biden's task force meets with gun rights supporters including the nra. meanwhile, testimony is over at a pre-trial hearing for the colorado theater massacre. the judge will announce if james holmes should go on trial for the killing of is it people. as manuel bojorquez reports, they have photos of people. >> reporter: six hours before the shooting james holmes took photos of himself. in one he's holding a gun just below his head. he's grinning. he wore black contact lenses. his hair died now that familiar bizarre shade of orange. in another he's sticking out his tongue. it's his only visible reaction of the three-day hearing, a smile. yousuf garvey was involved in the shooting. >> what about the pictures makes you feel that way? >> the smiles. they say it all. the smiles. >> reporter: police said holmes' cell phone also contained photographs of the movie theater taken ab
in massachusetts alone there have been 18 flu-related deaths. health officials say this year's flu season which started early is straining the system. >>> at the white house joe biden's task force meets with gun rights supporters including the nra. meanwhile, testimony is over at a pre-trial hearing for the colorado theater massacre. the judge will announce if james holmes should go on trial for the killing of is it people. as manuel bojorquez reports, they have photos of people....
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unity college in maine and hampshire college in massachusetts have already taken action. the unity college president stephen mulkey explain the decision in part by saying -- at harvard, the school the country's largest endowment, 72% of students voted in favor of divesting from fossil fuels, but officials have pushed back. the mayor of seattle has called on his city to strip fossil fuels from its two main pension funds, and democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island raised the campaign and a speech from the senate floor last month. >> as i have said in previous speeches, we are sleepwalking. as congress sleepwalks, americans are taking action on their own incarnation of the nonprofit organization 350.org, for example, students and more than 150 colleges and universities across the country are pressing as institutions to sell off portions of their endowment portfolios that are invested in fossil fuel companies. the students are employing a stool -- employing there's schools and divest from the polluters. this type of campaign was employed effectively in the 1980
unity college in maine and hampshire college in massachusetts have already taken action. the unity college president stephen mulkey explain the decision in part by saying -- at harvard, the school the country's largest endowment, 72% of students voted in favor of divesting from fossil fuels, but officials have pushed back. the mayor of seattle has called on his city to strip fossil fuels from its two main pension funds, and democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island raised the...
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kerry has represented massachusetts in the senate for 28 years and chairs the foreign relations committee. one of the first challenges that kerry will face is syria's civil war. today there was another mass killing in the ancient city of aleppo. at least 50 young men were apparently executed. it's not clear who killed them or why. this war pits various rebel groups against the 40-year dictatorship of the assad family and clarissa ward is following the story for us tonight. >> reporter: they were dumped in a canal, their hands tied behind their backs. most of the men appear to have been shot at close range. most looked to be in their 20s and 30s. for months, rebels have fought the syrian army to a stalemate in aleppo, syria's largest city. on monday we sat s.a.t. down to u.s. ambassador to syria robert ford. he was an early backer of the syrian opposition but in 2011 was forced to leave the country after an armed mob of assad regime supporters attacked his car. he told us that the u.s. is still committed to bringing assad down. >> oh, the u.s. has done a lot! we're playing a leading role i
kerry has represented massachusetts in the senate for 28 years and chairs the foreign relations committee. one of the first challenges that kerry will face is syria's civil war. today there was another mass killing in the ancient city of aleppo. at least 50 young men were apparently executed. it's not clear who killed them or why. this war pits various rebel groups against the 40-year dictatorship of the assad family and clarissa ward is following the story for us tonight. >> reporter:...
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if anyone wants to learn diplomacy, come to our massachusetts politics. john's story is well-known to all of us, as a youth of a son of a young foreign officer and learning about foreign policy at the dinner table each night to his service in combat in vietnam. less well-known is the story of his foreign policy work inside the senate. his 90 overseas trips that he made in 28 years on the foreign relations committee, his work with dick lugar to ensure free elections in the philippines, his work with bill frist on aids in africa, his work as chairman of the new start treaty and his very public and successful diplomatic interventions in afghanistan, pakistan and sudan. i think one day historians will judge his senate years in temperatures terms of his impact on foreign policy much the same way so many recognize senator ted kennedy's impact on domestic policy. from his many years in the u.s. senate, john has developed a very personal understanding that we represent not just states or government but also people. i once asked john why he loves the senate. he sa
if anyone wants to learn diplomacy, come to our massachusetts politics. john's story is well-known to all of us, as a youth of a son of a young foreign officer and learning about foreign policy at the dinner table each night to his service in combat in vietnam. less well-known is the story of his foreign policy work inside the senate. his 90 overseas trips that he made in 28 years on the foreign relations committee, his work with dick lugar to ensure free elections in the philippines, his work...
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the constitution isn't the virginia statute on religious freedom or the massachusetts constitution. the constitution is its own thing. it says very little about religion. what it does say in the first amendment, i think, we have -- as you well know, enormous body of precedent in literature on the preexercise clause and on the establishment clause, but i think that there is good reason to read that part of the constitution, that part of the first amendment in light of the jeffersonon, madisonian position that religious is exemption -- madison says exempt from the cog any sense of the state. a noncognizant of religious. religious circulates in the free market of ideas. government doesn't interfere with it, doesn't do anything to establish it. >> host: i think we have drawn those lines reasonably successful here. though there are a lot of people who believe otherwise. as there were in the founding generation, patrick henry, vehemently opposed the jeffersonian, madisonian idea on religion. i believe it has led to america being a very religiously dynamic country. >> host: now, a good exa
the constitution isn't the virginia statute on religious freedom or the massachusetts constitution. the constitution is its own thing. it says very little about religion. what it does say in the first amendment, i think, we have -- as you well know, enormous body of precedent in literature on the preexercise clause and on the establishment clause, but i think that there is good reason to read that part of the constitution, that part of the first amendment in light of the jeffersonon, madisonian...
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it hit massachusetts. climate change, increasing temperatures, it's raising sea levels, it's strengthening storms. that means more stress on new england's iconic cod and other species. i support getting help to the people of new jersey and new york and connecticut, but we cannot forget the other americans who suffered last year, the fishermen of massachusetts, the fishermen of our country cannot be forgotten. this bill says no to them. no to their needs. i urge a no vote on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. miss letter: -- ms. slaughter: i have no further requests for time and am prepared to close. mr. cole: i'm prepared to close as well. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, this process that's led us to this point has been distressing and this congress has failed time and again to realize what's happening here and that is climate change, an
it hit massachusetts. climate change, increasing temperatures, it's raising sea levels, it's strengthening storms. that means more stress on new england's iconic cod and other species. i support getting help to the people of new jersey and new york and connecticut, but we cannot forget the other americans who suffered last year, the fishermen of massachusetts, the fishermen of our country cannot be forgotten. this bill says no to them. no to their needs. i urge a no vote on the rule. the...
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host: mark from brighton, massachusetts, brings up lobbyists. we have this item by rich robinson we got online. it says term limits help lobbyists at the expense of good government. he writes voters love term limits for politicians bu they shouldn't. the notion public service should be held only for utilitarian purposes for a short period of time and that these limits create better government is misguided and fundamentally flawed. the proof can be seen locally in the current mire that represents our public policy: this is a changed opinion. once an advocate for this type of reform, in quotes, the effective term limits have been so devastating at every level of government that it should be relegated to the trash heap of history. we'll get back to that in a few seconds. we're going to raymond in victoria, texas, in our line for democrats. in favor or opposed to term limits for elected officials? caller: i'll be in favor of term limits definitely. host: why is that? caller: the main reason is i think with most politicians, they get entrenched in th
host: mark from brighton, massachusetts, brings up lobbyists. we have this item by rich robinson we got online. it says term limits help lobbyists at the expense of good government. he writes voters love term limits for politicians bu they shouldn't. the notion public service should be held only for utilitarian purposes for a short period of time and that these limits create better government is misguided and fundamentally flawed. the proof can be seen locally in the current mire that...
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from arizona to massachusetts, or to the cold states and so forth. it doesn't make sense. we can't be a modern country if we don't fix that infrastructure. i would respectfully say to you, that climate change is not something to be feared in response to, i mean, the steps to respond to it. it's to be feared if we don't. 3,500 communities in our nation last wear broke records for heat. we have a rail because of the -- derailment as a result of the health heat. we had record fires, and record levels of damage from hurricane sandy. $70 billion, if we can't see the downside of spending that money and risking lives for all of the changes that are taking place to agricultural to our communities the ocean and so forth, we're just ignoring what science is telling us. i will be a passionate advocate about this. not based on ideology. based on facts and science. and i hope to sit with all of you and convince you the $6 trillion market is worth millions of american jobs and leadership. and we better go after it. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman
from arizona to massachusetts, or to the cold states and so forth. it doesn't make sense. we can't be a modern country if we don't fix that infrastructure. i would respectfully say to you, that climate change is not something to be feared in response to, i mean, the steps to respond to it. it's to be feared if we don't. 3,500 communities in our nation last wear broke records for heat. we have a rail because of the -- derailment as a result of the health heat. we had record fires, and record...
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barney frank had a problem and now barney frank lobbying to become the place holder senator in massachusetts trying to get duvall patrick's name on the senate seat. he said, i support him. here is an apology. >> cenk: it's a stupid thing he said. am i openly and aggressively straight. >> it's not a made up issue. >> cenk: no, because it's republican who is pretend to back mitt romney, mccain. they're being funded by the neo-cons to put the ads out there. it's an amazing story. >> 100%. >> cenk: let's go to brennan the president had an announcement on him as well. >> obama: a 25-year veteran of the c.i.a. he knows what the job demands. policies with the facts strong analytic inflexion and keen understanding. he has a strong position on the history, the culture the politics, the economics the desire for human dignity drive something much in the changes of today's world. >> well, i've got a much bigger issue with john brennan as a nominee. i want to talk to one of the top security expert. zbigniew brzezinski former u.s. natural security adviser to jimmy carter, thank you for joining us first of
barney frank had a problem and now barney frank lobbying to become the place holder senator in massachusetts trying to get duvall patrick's name on the senate seat. he said, i support him. here is an apology. >> cenk: it's a stupid thing he said. am i openly and aggressively straight. >> it's not a made up issue. >> cenk: no, because it's republican who is pretend to back mitt romney, mccain. they're being funded by the neo-cons to put the ads out there. it's an amazing story....
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live coverage on your left is senator warren from massachusetts. senator john mccain, of course, who will introduce senator john a. boehner. also, they're -- senator john kerry. also they're waiting for hillary clinton, john kerry to be the next secretary of state. secretary clinton wrapping up 5 1/2 hours of testimony before this committee and also before the house foreign affairs committee yesterday on the attacks in benghazi. you can find those in our video library at c-span.org. >> on c-span is waiting for the start of the hearing, confirmation hearing for john kerry to be the next secretary of state. this morning announced by the white house that the president will nominate mary jo white to be the new securities and exchange commission commissioner. and we will have live coverage of his announcement expected to be this afternoon at 2:30 eastern here on c-span. >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee to consider the next -- the nominee for the secretary of state will come to order. let me, again, ask as i did yes
live coverage on your left is senator warren from massachusetts. senator john mccain, of course, who will introduce senator john a. boehner. also, they're -- senator john kerry. also they're waiting for hillary clinton, john kerry to be the next secretary of state. secretary clinton wrapping up 5 1/2 hours of testimony before this committee and also before the house foreign affairs committee yesterday on the attacks in benghazi. you can find those in our video library at c-span.org. >> on...
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massachusetts governor deval patrick will announce his temporary replacement tomorrow. a special election in june will determine his permanent replacement. >>> new signs had morning that outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton might be making a run for the white house in 2016. two strong clinton supporters made a filing for a new super political action committee with the federal election commission. the group, ready for hillary, is the first notable effort for an outside group to campaign on clinton's behalf. it was started by clinton supporters who were on her steering committee during her run in 2008. >>> new this morning, at least two people are dead after a suicide bomber attacked outside the somalian presidential palace. police say the attacker detonated an explosive as he was being questioned by guards at a checkpoint in the country's capitol. dozens nearby were wounded. president and prime minister were not hurt in the blast. >>> cnbc's jackie deangelis has that story and more. >> good morning eun. a federal judge will rule today whether to approve bp's deal
massachusetts governor deval patrick will announce his temporary replacement tomorrow. a special election in june will determine his permanent replacement. >>> new signs had morning that outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton might be making a run for the white house in 2016. two strong clinton supporters made a filing for a new super political action committee with the federal election commission. the group, ready for hillary, is the first notable effort for an outside group to...
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the city itself and no better example of that is when we filmed inside suffolk county jail, boston, massachusetts. >> [ bleep ] >> he's boston. get familiar. don't get it twisted. he's boston in this. >> in boston it was almost like we got to learn the lay of the land because people talk so much about the different neighborhoods in the area they were from. everyone in boston was proud of their neighborhood and different represents it once they were inside and kind of stuck to the people that they knew from their neighborhoods inside. >> i'm boston. he's boston. not dorchester, charlestown. east boston. >> do you know -- >> how many movies have they made on east boston? >> listen, you know the movie "the rat." whitey bulger. [ bleep ]. that's the claim to fame. >> no, he ain't! >> yes, sir, that's all he's got. that's all he's got. >> they're from chelsea. >> you live in chelsea? >> see you later. >> i'm out of here. >> the inmates in boston shared more than neighborhood pride. they also knew how to throw a punch. >> every day. we respond to fights every day, sometimes they're one-on-one fights, s
the city itself and no better example of that is when we filmed inside suffolk county jail, boston, massachusetts. >> [ bleep ] >> he's boston. get familiar. don't get it twisted. he's boston in this. >> in boston it was almost like we got to learn the lay of the land because people talk so much about the different neighborhoods in the area they were from. everyone in boston was proud of their neighborhood and different represents it once they were inside and kind of stuck to...
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he has served as the massachusetts senator for more than 25 years. current secretary of state hillary clinton introduced senator kerry at the hearing. harry reid said he is working to hold a focused tuesday on the nomination. this hearing is about four hours. -- vote tuesday on the nomination. this hearing is about four hours. [indistinct conversations] >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. let me ask, as i did yesterday, i ask unanimous consent of returning members to allow prospective member to participate in today's hearing. if there is no objection, it is so ordered. let me start by saying, you are not at the table yet, senator. we will have you there shortly. wow. [laughter] let me say, mr. chairman, you are still our committees chaired, deeply humbled to preside over the committee today as we consider your nomination. we are honored to welcome you as the president's nominee for a position you have most deservedly earned. the first time you testified before chairman fulbright as a young retur
he has served as the massachusetts senator for more than 25 years. current secretary of state hillary clinton introduced senator kerry at the hearing. harry reid said he is working to hold a focused tuesday on the nomination. this hearing is about four hours. -- vote tuesday on the nomination. this hearing is about four hours. [indistinct conversations] >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. let me ask, as i did yesterday, i ask...
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caller: wailen, massachusetts. i work in behavioral health in massachusetts. we have a lot of programs that i believe would be preventive for gun violence. we have jail diversion programs that work with the police apnd crisis teams. i think that in our part of the country we do a good job with that. other parts of the country i think they are a little behind. neighboring states, new hampshire doesn't have as many mental health services that we do in massachusetts. i'm a pro constitution guy but i think if we get these people early enough they can be treated and the one issue with hipaa laws is you can't -- confidentiality is luge laws is you can't -- confidentiality is luge and one thing we see is there is a lot of people that would have been arrested but get diverted in mental health programs. i don't know if there is a federal way where those people can get on a list or -- because of hipaa rules it is a tough thing but it could be prevented. host: how do you do that? how do you identify these mentally ill individuals and then what is the next step if you do
caller: wailen, massachusetts. i work in behavioral health in massachusetts. we have a lot of programs that i believe would be preventive for gun violence. we have jail diversion programs that work with the police apnd crisis teams. i think that in our part of the country we do a good job with that. other parts of the country i think they are a little behind. neighboring states, new hampshire doesn't have as many mental health services that we do in massachusetts. i'm a pro constitution guy but...
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decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at m.i.t. contributed to his death. m.i.t.'s president said the school is launching an investigation to examine its role in the prosecution. when the boston-based u.s. attorney first announced the indictment, the press release said quote, stealing is stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you take documents, data, or dollars. the u.s. attorney's office in massachusetts has now formally dropped the charges against schwartz. they said he died on january 11th, 2013. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> all right, another week, another gang rape in india. the victim this time left hanging from a tree and no one has been arrested. the star of "slumdog millionaire" frieda pinto is "outfront" next to talk about her own experience and what can stop it. >>> then a story that is going to remind you about your favorite teacher and why you loved that person so much. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain
decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at m.i.t. contributed to his death. m.i.t.'s president said the school is launching an investigation to examine its role in the prosecution. when the boston-based u.s. attorney first announced the indictment, the press release said quote, stealing is stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you take documents, data, or dollars. the u.s. attorney's office in massachusetts has now formally...
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they did with mitt romney, about his taxes, about the education rank of massachusetts. there were all kinds of things. things like having an unemployment rate 2% higher, that could change. or you could look at these statistics and they could change how you think about how he will do in a republican primary. >> the big thing is that chris christie has this profile where he's saying i'm a problem solver, a bipartisan guy. i get things done, but the thing is that there are two big democratic party bosses in the state. that's the reason why he gets things done because those guys with knuckle under the democrats and legislature, that's not how congress works. if he wants to work with democrats in congress, it's not going to work the way it does in jersey. >> maybe it should. maybe there should be a little bruising and punching and maybe that would toughen up those guys in washington. >> we have to remind folks when then senator obama ran for president, what did he do? he touted the bills he had passed along with senate president e mile jones. that is music to the ears of peo
they did with mitt romney, about his taxes, about the education rank of massachusetts. there were all kinds of things. things like having an unemployment rate 2% higher, that could change. or you could look at these statistics and they could change how you think about how he will do in a republican primary. >> the big thing is that chris christie has this profile where he's saying i'm a problem solver, a bipartisan guy. i get things done, but the thing is that there are two big democratic...
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. >> joining me now is former congressman from massachusetts, barney frank, welcome. you have a really interesting article, in it you say one of the big political changes in your lifetime is happening now. and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i got to pick one -- yeah, it is -- for being suspicious of -- skeptical, i shouldn't say suspicious, being skeptical of this notion that more and more military spending is the answer, look, i think the president got the -- the commitment to do that when for the first time a democratic president debated a republican president on military spending, and the democratic presidential candi
. >> joining me now is former congressman from massachusetts, barney frank, welcome. you have a really interesting article, in it you say one of the big political changes in your lifetime is happening now. and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i...
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the. -- the puritans came to massachusetts and there were few excesses. then a guy named roger williams left massachusetts and went down and traveled through the forests through the winter and came out on a day and call that province. that is now a province, rhode island. you have -- providence, rhode island. you have john davenport in new haven, connecticut. they were all the way from religious persecution right here in our own country. it took us awhile to get it right. i think we do. needless to say, one of the rules of the state department is to help people understand what an essential ingredient tolerances and diversity and pluralism. to the ability of the country to flourish, for people to have their rights. that is one of the big challenges that we face. i am sure that my visors in the state department would say, stop there, senator. but i will say something additional, which is -- i have a lot of friends who are muslim who have met and built relationships over the years in my travels. leaders in that region will be the first to tell you, me, other
the. -- the puritans came to massachusetts and there were few excesses. then a guy named roger williams left massachusetts and went down and traveled through the forests through the winter and came out on a day and call that province. that is now a province, rhode island. you have -- providence, rhode island. you have john davenport in new haven, connecticut. they were all the way from religious persecution right here in our own country. it took us awhile to get it right. i think we do....